Wednesday, August 30, 2017

T20 Global League 2017 Players Draft

T20 Global League 2017 Draft- T20 Global League 2017 is a South African tournament which witnessed its
inaugural draft ceremony few days ago. The first T20 Global League 2017 draft
ceremony was a successful one and yet again drew a lot of attention. A total of
128 players were picked by 8 franchises.

T20 Global League 2017

The T20 Global League 2017 is going to begin from 3rd November and the
inaugural final match will be on 16th December. Even before the T20 Global
League 2017 draft, we saw many people already interested in the tournament. The
hype has now completely doubled after the draft ceremony. After all, T20 Global
League is the latest entrant into the club of T20 tournaments all around the
world. Just like any other T20 tournament, this one will also be star-studded.

T20 Global League 2017 Draft

T20 Global League 2017 draft happened on Sunday, August 27. One South African
cricketer and one international cricketer already allocated for each of the
franchises. This draft was basically to fill 16 other spots which was left. The
main player draft happened where we saw 16 players being picked per squad over
16 rounds. After the draft ceremony was over we witnessed as many as 32
international and 96 local cricketers being picked by various franchises for
the inaugural season.

Each of the franchise owners was asked to make their specific pick during the
live event with some conditions attached to it. The first 3 players chosen by
each franchise should be South Africans. There were many awesome and
game-changing draws in the draft ceremony. A very experienced pace bowler Dale
Steyn is going to play for Cape Town Knight Riders for Mr Shahrukh Khan. The
Durban Qalandars got the first pick and they picked Chris Morris who was
absolutely magnificent in IPL this year. It was followed by Protea bowler Dane
Paterson being picked by Bloem City Blazers and many others.

Akhona Mnyaka is the youngest player to be picked by any team. He is just 18
years old but very talented. Basically, he played for SA Schools and is from
Hudson Park in East London. He is going to be play for the Bloemfontein City Blazers.
It was a big risk taken by this team which may or may not work out. However if
Akhona manages to put on a great performance, he can be in the international
team very soon. It might just be a game changer for this guy.

More than 400 players signed up for the T20 Global League 2017 draft. Among
these 400, some very big and hot T20 stars are also included. Stars like Shahid
Afridi and Chris Gayle. In the draft ceremony on Sunday, we saw many Pakistani
players being picked up by the franchises.

The marquee players of South Africa in the draft included AB de Villiers, Faf
du Plessis, Hashim Amla, Kagiso Rabada Quinton de Kock, Imran Tahir, JP Duminy,
and David Miller.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India hasn't allowed any Indian player to
play in the T20 Global League 2017. Cricket South Africa CEO Haroon Lorgat
addressed this matter as well. He said “We did speak to BCCI about Indian
cricketers playing in the SA league. But they have their own policy of not
allowing their cricketers play in other leagues other than IPL. We also did
notdesign T20 Global League keeping them in mind but yes it would have been
wonderful if Indians could be part of the South African league. The fans would
have seen top cricketers converging at one stage apart from IPL.”

Lorgat also seemed very optimistic regarding the T20 Global League 2017. Everybody
knows how much the IPL has affected the Indian team and uplifted it. Most of
the stars in Indian team right now have emerged from the Indian Premier League
itself. Lorgat hence believes that the T20 global league 2017 is going to be
and upliftment to South Africa in terms of cricket, as well. Let's see if South
Africa can produce new stars in the inaugural edition itself.